Publicity and the web

Each year, we mail something to the new students, some way to say hi and introduce our group. It used to be a letter, and then that seemed too frumpy, so we changed it to a postcard. It was cheaper that way too and coincided with the entire revolution to print stuff in color.

This year, we thought we'd do something a little different. If we can, of course we'd still like to send a postcard welcoming new students. It's a small gesture for us to say hello, congratulate new students as they prepare to arrive to Berkeley, and introduce what our group's about. It's also an invitation for them to join us at New Student Welcome Night and some of our welcome week activities. It's something like 3000 postcards we'll be mailing out so Ben's making sure we get the ball rolling: design, printing, and then mailing.

Additionally, however, we thought we'd start by making this website (which is still under construction), and also jump on the web where many of our members already currently live, breathe, and eat. Seeing as how Youth Trends notes that 69% of women and 56% of men ages 17-25 are on Facebook, we're going to set up a Facebook NSWN2007 event (which will be connected to this site) so we can invite our friends and new friends that way too.

Trying new things, and rethinking some old ones. Next up: the NSWN barbecue.